The great fail0verflow team is back at it again with the PlayStation 4 (PS4) and this time around they have detailed some new developments in part 4 of their "PS4 AUX HAX" Series, In the recent write-up of the series some interesting details were shared on something that could potentially lead to a current firmware exploit? Its very early but we do know that when the failOverflow team shares information its like "holding the nuts" at the poker table, its solid information always. We have seen them work on various gaming consoles in the past and they were no stranger to elevating the PS3 and were the pioneers of Linux on the PS4 and also helped provide key information for exploits on older PS4 firmware in the past as well, The PS4 is entering the later stages of its life cycle and new exploits are a welcome site for a struggling homebrew platform that could be so vibrant on a device with so much potential, but lacking an exploit that gives user's that current firmware window for explortation.

Team memberps4_enthusiast posted a new write-up titled: "PS4 Aux Hax 4: Belize via CEC". In this write up the developer details how all current PS4 models and firmware revisions could be vulnerable to this exploit. Now the team is not supplying or giving a final product here but are leaving juicy information and breadcrumbs for other interested developer's to take all the info from there. This is existing news (but also very early) and surely something to follow over the next weeks/months . The attack is really creative (as so many are) as it attacks CEC (Consumer Electronics Control)via HDMI using this as a trigger for the exploit, So yes, that looks like a hardware modification is needed for at very least the execution and then with some other software magic from fail0verflow the exploit is launched and unofficial code execution is then possible. Additional information and more precise details can be seen in the official write-up (linked at bottom of this page, along with the 3 previous write-up in the PS4 AUX HAX series by fail0verflow.​

Home Consoles such as the PS4 or Xbox One are made for playing them "at Home" right? Well, I bet there are at least a few people who already asked themselves several times: "Why I can't play Red Dead Redemption 2 while sitting on the train?"Sadly the answer was mostly that "You can't" before, due to several technical problems. Sony had some good ideas with their PlayStation Vita to play "AAA Game Titles" on the go but lacked of actually those "AAA Game Titles" and due to expensive accessories you needed to get most of the Console. And playing on the Nintendo Switch is not satisfying for everyone. So you had either the choice to buy one of those very expensive "Gaming Notebooks" for several Thousand Dollars or you read a book while getting to work or to school by train. But the People behind the "GameBook" had bothered oneself about this problematic question by starting a Kickstarter-Campaign to introduce their newest invention to people like you who asked the same question from time to time. And the coolest thing about this Campaign is, you won't need to disassemble your PS4 bit by bit to create your own "Custom PS4 Notebook" only to get the PS4 Hardware fitting inside a Notebook Case. Just use your regular PS4 and you are already on the go. How convenient is that?​

Developer@deank needs a little help, so he can help us all. The legendary dev known for various projects like the iconicmultiMAN / webMAN & SMAN for the PS3 needs some help to keepmultiMAN's web services going strong into 2021. To accomplish this goal the developer is seeking 500 Euro's in donations. The good news is deank is almost at 50% with his goal (as of writing this (12/16)). The bad news we only have a couple of weeks to meet that mark. Which in all honesty, should not be that big of an issue and very easy to accomplish. If the many reading this gives a small amount You can find details about donations in the link at bottom of this post..​

7x UPDATE (December 17) - Now the 8th Video Released in last days / weeks (Original Article from Nov. 14) Is the PS3 a bit closer to gaining Hardware Acceleration (via RSX) in OtherOS (Linux) with a proper driver to enable the GPU chip? We are not there, but we may be getting closer to a reality. Earlier this year (back in April) we detailed some of the progress that the busy dev RenéRebe has made with unlocking the potential of the PlayStation 3's RSX chip and now today we have been greeted with a new video and what we can expect with this project as the developer starts to undertake the challenge of further unlocking one more component of the Ps3 hardware,. The developer has alot of videos on other intresting subjects in his diverse YouTube channel >>> (Bits and More) <<< many very informative video's..​

Comments

The very first console hardware revision has seen permanent code execution capability on its SouthBridge for a few months now.
Later hardware revisions still need to get keys worked out but I think some people are already on that so it should eventually get done. If so, one rev after another could see EMC keys being worked out & permanent execution being gained too.
IMO that alone was promising enough to be considered a possible game changer to start with.
Now this new vulnerability, f0f being as creative as ever, comes in as a bonus & a much simpler alternative to own EMC without having to worry about hardware revisions.
Great news...

oh, that was meant as a joke. it's nice to see members donating their time to posting news. it might lesson the burden on you, cards. however, you do have a flair when it comes to posting news topics. I call it dark magic. I couldn't match up to that, but whenever I have posted news, you've always tidied it up and given me full credit.

btw, @Yugonibblit , haven't seen you in a while. what's been goin' on?

How long would you estimate before the release of technical specifications and a real exploit ? Months ... years ?

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Sorry but imho nobody will be able to answer your question, it is impossible to tell how long it would take for someone (who?) to produce such an exploit!
Among other things, it would largely depend on that person's skills, the available time invested & the potential help received by others etc...

I hope the fail0ver team will give all of us a nice gift for Xmas and release the exploit to the masses so we will all be able to finally enjoy new titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 or the new Spiderman. We have been waiting for it so long